Follow the money. Just like Solyndra et al, the cronies walk away pockets fully lined, the rest of the peope and poor vendors left in the lurch get nothing but a kick in the ass and a pile of bad debt for their troubles.
They might just as well drop bundles of cash out of a helicopter over the city...at least that way the cronies would have to fight with the peons they so despise for a piece of it...